Nine Months
Description
A year after his star-making performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hugh Grant sparkles in his first American leading role as a reluctant dad-to-be in Chris Columbus’s San Francisco-set romcom. Samuel (Grant) and girlfriend Rebecca (Julianne Moore) have been together for five years but her announcement that her birth control failed shocks him. Initially dismayed at the prospect of fatherhood, Samuel has those titular nine months to learn to embrace the idea. In a fizzy comedy blending screwball antics with sentimental moments, Moore is wonderful playing the straight woman to her exasperating partner. But this movie is Grant’s as he delivers a brilliant performance that emphasizes the actor’s charm (even when Samuel is being a pill) and his spectacular comic gifts. Adding to the laughs in support are Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, and the Bay Area’s own Robin Williams, hilarious as a Russian obstetrician. —Pam Grady
Attendee Information
This screening is part of the 2025 SFFILM Festival’s tribute to Chris Columbus. Join us for this screening and special tribute conversation and screening of Chris Columbus’s Rent.
Chris Columbus first rose to fame as the screenwriter of two films that went on to become classics, Gremlins (1984) and The Goonies (1985), before making his directing debut with Adventures in Babysitting (1987). His second directorial feature was another classic, Home Alone (1990). Among his other features are Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Nine Months (1995), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Rent (2005), and the upcoming The Thursday Murder Club. Columbus is also a producer whose most recent project was Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu (2024).
Film Details
LanguageEnglish, Russian
Year1995
Runtime103
CountryUSA
DirectorChris Columbus
ProducerMichael Barnathan, Anne François, Mark Radcliffe, Chris Columbus
Executive ProducerJoan Bradshaw, Christopher Lambert
WriterChris Columbus
EditorRaja Gosnell, Stephen E. Rivkin
CinematographerDonald McAlpine
MusicHans Zimmer
CastHugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold
Closed CaptionsClosed Captions are not currently confirmed for this film
Audio DescriptionAudio Descriptions are not currently confirmed for this film
American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film
